Yesterday saw the letter
"B" in the Martha Simpson affirmation alphabet.
(Please note that this series has been given its own label here, of
'ABReflctions'.)
"C" brings the word 'choice'... and I guess that informs just about every action we take in any given day. Even down to that third cup of tea...
Choice is a good word...the day before grocery day. I am trying to be good with the amount of I Scream consumption; however, our favorite is on sale this week. 2 containers for the price of one.
ReplyDeleteHugs and I believe you have the meeting on Thursday with Nicki good luck
Cecilia
Sometimes it is not easy to make a choice. But after careful deliberation, the important thing is to MAKE a choice. Inaction is not always the best choice:)
ReplyDeleteA close friend, now departed, was fond of saying "you can chose your attitude". Which I think is a good approach, but not always possible.
ReplyDeleteWe all have more choice then we think!
ReplyDeleteChoice is usual a good thing. If one makes a wise decision
ReplyDeleteit's good to remember that we always have a choice... and we should pick it wise ;O)
ReplyDeleteSometimes we really have to choose carefully.
ReplyDeleteSome really great comments today. Exercising choice needs practice. I was struck many years ago having arrived in a port in what had recently been East Germany, by a conversation with a local in which he remarked that one of the most difficult things for East Germans, to arise out or the re-unification of Germany, was to be confronted by choices. Under the former regime choices were made for you. Now they had to make choices themselves and had no way to decide or understand whether they were making the right choices, nor the personal fortitude that comes with practicing choice, to handle the possibility that they might make the wrong choice and have no one to 'blame' but themselves. They could see however that their compatriots in the West were entirely at ease with this process and probably never gave it a second thought when exercising daily choice about brand of tea, or flavour of ice-cream. He said to begin with they agonized over everything that involved choice. It was quite a mind-opening lesson to me. Practice making choices.
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DeleteOh yes, F, this is a very valuable insight! It is one of the conundrums of childhood and it seems the E Germans in this sense were as toddlers, having to find their way in the big bad world! It is one of the things that those who are long-term military... or prison...say; that having to make life decisions outside of those environs could lead to depression and worse. It's not as easy as at first it seems, eh?! Yxx
Some choices I make without even thinking about it and it's really easy and some choices I make myself crazy because I weighed the pros and cons until I end up making no choice which is always a bad thing
ReplyDeleteSo agree with you ~ Serenity Prayer is one I go to ~ wisdom ~ I chose to adopt a little Yorkie who needed a new home ~ grateful ^_^
ReplyDeleteLive each moment with love,
A ShutterBug Explores
aka (A Creative Harbor)
Interesting questions. In the big picture, the largest choice I've made recently is to turn my world upside down by moving. Place is very important to me so it was a jolting choice to make.
ReplyDeleteWe have only one life to live, and choosing our path as much as we can is a key to making the most of it.
It was interesting, when I was in the depths of depression, I couldn't make any choices. All the best... xxx
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